ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,235, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).
"Storage system" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage network includes a plurality of storage systems. Each storage system includes a storage grid structure, having at least one transfer column and a horizontal top rail grid upon which the container handling vehicle moves in two perpendicular directions, and at least one container handling vehicle. The storage system includes at least one container transfer vehicle and transfer rails forming a transfer rail grid upon which the container transfer vehi...